Today there were lots of workers outside of Yancy’s looking for their paychecks today, but a handwritten note on the door stated, Yancy’s is closed. As predicted speculated in a recent article, Yancy’s has officially closed for good. The problems started back in February when Yancy’s filed for Chapter 11 (as did Longbranch which also folded in the past few weeks). It looks like our initial predictions
speculations have come true in only a few weeks.
Yancy’s was vacant of any owners but many (former) employees were asking for answers. “What paychecks?“ a former cook stated when an ABC article was mentioned that stated that all employees will be paid. “That’s something they told the news crews to get them out of their face” he stated. He stated he hadn’t been paid in weeks and his lights were going to be turned off at his house today. “This is wrong. There ain’t nobody in there I don’t want my lights to be turned off on my kids”.
Another couple of workers were hanging out of the front door looking for news crews and demanding payment from the absent owners. “I haven’t been paid in 4 weeks” one girl stated. There was also discussion about Vango Foods which apparently now owns a stake in Yancy’s. Needless to say, there a lots of unhappy workers on Fayetteville Street this week and until further notice, Yancy’s is indeed closed for business.
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